When Logic Escaped Me: The chaotic world of alcohol and drug use

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About When Logic Escaped Me: The Chaotic World Of Alcohol

Substance abuse and alcoholism has been a pervasive problem in our country for many years. Perhaps you have had or are having the challenge right now. Odds are favorable that either you, a close relative, spouse, friend, or lover has had a life impacted as a result of someone suffering from the disease. This part is both sad and hard enough. There will be many dark and lonely nights as you sit at the kitchen table pondering what motivated you or someone you love to fall into an addictive lifestyle. Everywhere we turn there are compelling arguments citing one of the many countless reasons how and why drugs and alcohol destroy lives and some sources even offer information on where you or your loved one can get help. If it is the affected user reading this as a source of self help, odds are only a slim percentage will use the information. If you are reading it and contemplating it because of someone you love is caught up in a life of addiction and what it is doing to your relationship(s), it Is also not wise to share this information with that person until they are well on the road towards recovery.. But, for those of us who have "been there - done that" and personally suffered through addiction this guide will help you find a starting point and give you insight into the irrational thought process from the addicts perspective. Addiction (and to a lesser extent) alcoholism has a language all its' own and the thought process that those who have not lived this battle find difficult to understand thus leaving them at a loss on how to help. In other cases, the reader understands the intellectual message but cannot connect it to the emotional state of the addict. Here you will learn a perspective that is rarely offered from someone who has made this journey through many addictions and sadly, damaged and hurt many people who cared about me along the way. The mind of the habitual drug user does not and cannot think in conventional terms as that of people who have